Charente, France - A Place in the Sun

2022 / Charente, France Sara Damergi on 7 July 2022

Charente, France Sara Damergi

Suzi and Andrew from Barnsley are looking for a holiday home in Charente, Western France and property expert Sara Damergi has been tasked with finding them the perfect place. For their budget of £100k they’d like a rural property with three bedrooms that is still within walking distance of amenities. Sara shows them five fantastic options but will any of them result in an offer?

About the area

Charente is famous for the grapes that are grown there, and are used to make Cognac–which is also a town here, one of many beautiful and characteristically French towns and villages which are dotted around this mainly rural region, named after the river that flows through it. The population is around 350,000, around 5 per cent of whom are British, and it’s becoming increasingly popular with French people looking to relocate in the countryside

Property 1

Three-bed house in L'Isle Jourdain

This house has a large wraparound garden and an outbuilding with potential to be converted into a gite. Inside there’s a light and bright living room which opens onto the garden, a smaller second living room, a kitchen, a utility room and a WC downstairs. Upstairs there’s the main bedroom with an ensuite, another bedroom and a family bathroom. There’s also an attic with scope to be made into another bedroom. View more from the agent.

Valued at £89,744 at the time of filming.

Property 2

Three-bed house in Villefagnan

This house has a large garden with a vegetable patch as well as a covered patio. Inside there’s a light and airy living room and a spacious separate kitchen diner downstairs; and upstairs there are three good sized bedrooms, all currently unfurnished, along with a smaller room, a bathroom and a shower room. View more from agent.

Valued at £110,769 at the time of filming.

Property 3

Four-bed converted barn in Oradour-Fanais

This converted barn sits on around half an acre of land and has another barn which with a fair bit of work could be converted into accommodation. Inside there’s a large light and bright open plan living dining and kitchen area as well as a small annexe which could also be used for guests to stay and a downstairs bedroom. Upstairs there are three more bedrooms, plus there’s a shower room and a separate WC. View more from agent here.

Valued at £110,684 at the time of filming.

Property 4

Three-bed village house in Montemboeuf

This house has a small courtyard area and a garden at the back, a living room, a dining room and a kitchen downstairs. Upstairs there’s the main bedroom with ensuite shower room, along with two more good sized bedrooms and a family bathroom. There’s also a garage which could be converted into guest accommodation. View more from the agent.

Valued at £105,171 at the time of filming.

Property 5

Four-bed house in L'Isle Jourain

This house has a large garden with three outbuildings which could be converted into gite accommodation–and inside, which has just been renovated, there’s a large open plan living dining and kitchen area on the first floor, one bedroom with an en suite bathroom along with another bedroom and a shower room on the ground floor, while the top floor is this huge attic bedroom. There’s also a fourth bedroom off the landing between the middle and top floors. More information here.

Valued at £128,205 at the time of filming.

Hot Property

Twelve-bed house in Oradour-Saint-Genest

The property has a main house, a separate house and a number of outbuildings in a beautiful rural setting. More information here.

Valued at £853,846 at the time of filming.